Augustine — c. 1120–50; England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's
MS. Bodl. 826
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Augustine — c. 1120–50; England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 826
Place of origin
England
England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's
Date
c. 1120–50
12th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 155leaves
Hands
Written in what NR Ker has termed 'Christ Church script' (NR Ker, English Manuscripts in the Century After the Norman Conquest (1960), p. 30
Decoration
Fine initial (see fols 1 and 94)
Binding
Plain white leather on boards, clasp lost (probably contemporary Canterbury work)
Medieval binding (contemporary?), pastedowns, s. xii (MLGB3)
Acquisition
Bought by the library in 1606 (MLGB3)
Provenance
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): 'Di[stinctio] IIII. Gra[dus] IIII' (St Augustine's press mark/placement location on the flyleaf, fol. 1r), s. xiii/xiv ( MLGB3)
' Christophori Materas debitor sum' (s. xvi)
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